mummialadj.
/ˈmʌmɪəl/, U.S. /ˈməmiəl/ Now historical.
Of, relating to, or of the nature of mummia.
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mummial1649
1649 W. Charleton in tr. J. B. van Helmont Ternary of Paradoxes Prolegomena sig. d4v The incomparable Balsamicall or Mumiall [1650 Mumial] Virtue of vitriol.
1694 W. Salmon Pharmacopœia Bateana i. ii. 77/2 A Kind of Mummial Balsam.
1883 New Englander (New Haven, Connecticut) Jan. 138 ‘Sacrificial Medicine’ is an account of medical practice in former centuries, and contains curious prescriptions from old books for preparing the mummial quintessence.
1991 E. S. Connell Alchymist's Jrnl. (1992) 51 Wisdom steadily flows from mummial marrow, because mankind first held the seed of heaven.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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